From:
"HURIDOCS" <info@huridocs.org>
Subject:
Pan-European Conference on the ethical dimensions of the information society
Date:
2007-09-06 07:43
Strasbourg, 05.09.2007
On 13 and 14 September the Council of Europe will host a pan-European (*)
conference on the ethical dimensions of the information society, organised
in conjunction with UNESCO and the French Commission for UNESCO.
The aims of the conference are:
- to identify ethical and human rights issues connected with information and
communication technologies and the way ICT are used;
- to raise stakeholders' awareness of these issues;
- to contribute to the UNESCO code of ethics project and make operational
recommendations;
- to promote the development of regional and inter-regional networks and
co-operation.
The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Maud de
Boer-Buquicchio, the UNESCO Deputy Assistant Director-General for
Communication and Information, Mogens Schmidt, and the Secretary General of
the French Commission for UNESCO, Jean-Pierre Boyer, will open the
conference on Thursday 13 September at 9.30 a.m. (Room 9 of the Palais de
l'Europe, 2nd floor).
There will be four round tables, devoted to an analysis of the opportunities
offered by information and communication technologies, possible conflicts of
interest, recommendations designed to contribute to Internet governance
founded on the involvement of all stakeholders, and the sharing of
responsibilities.
(*) The European region covers the 47 Council of Europe member states,
Canada, the United States and Israel.
For further information about the conference, see
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/en/ethics-humanrights-informationsociety.
For further information about the work of the French Commission for UNESCO,
see: http://www.unesco.fr, the work of UNESCO, see: http://www.unesco.org,
the work of the Council of Europe, see: http://www.coe.int/media.
Journalists are invited to obtain accreditation from Danielle
Schreiber-Somoza, Council of Europe Press Division, tel. +33 (0)3 88 41 25
44.
